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BRUSH.

` APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24. 1905.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.l

BRUSH.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

rammed Jan. 23, 1906.

Application filed August 24, 1905. Serial No. 275,584.

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, SAMUEL H. BRrsTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Monticello, in the county of Jones and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Brushes; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in dust-brushes, and it consists inthe novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement ofdevices hereinafter described and claimed.

One object of the invention is to provide a simple and e'Hicient deviceof this character having means for attaching a handle to either one ofits ends or to its central portion, so that it may be used either as ahand-duster for dusting furniture, pianos, store-counters, shelves,carriages, automobiles, cars, and the like, or as a wall-brush fordusting walls, ceilings, moldings, picture-frames, and the like.

Another object of the invention is to provide a dust-brush consisting ofa head or core and a brush-covering thereon adapted to be removed topermit it to be washed or cleaned.

The above and other objects, which will appear as the nature of myinvention is better understood, are accomplished b'y means of theconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1 lis a longitudinal sectional view through a brush constructed inaccordance with my invention and showing a short han- Fig. 2 is asimilar view showing a long handle applied to the central portion of thebrush-head, so as to adapt it for use as a wall and ioor duster, andFig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated bythe line 3 3 in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes my improved duster,which consists of a head or core 2, a removable brush-covering 3thereon, and a detachable handle 4, which may be applied to one end ofthe body or head 2, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, or to thecentral portion of the same, as shown in Fig. 2. The head or core 2 ispreferably of cylindrical form and has in one of its ends and in thecenter of one side similarly-screwthreaded sockets 6 and 7, which areadapted to receive the screw-threaded ends 8 upon the handles 4. Thethreads of these sockets are the same, so that either the long or theshort handle may be inserted in either of them. When the short handle isused, the device is particularly adapted for dusting furniture,bric-a-brac, carriages, automobiles, and the like, and when the longhandle is used the brush is adapted for dusting the walls, ceilings,floors, and the like.

The brush pro er or brush covering 3 is preferably in the orm of hide orpelt with the natural wool, hair, or fur thereon. The brushcovering 3 isof tubular form, so as to receive the cylindrical head or core 2, and itis so formed bybending a strip of hide or pelt and sewing or stitchingits edges, as shownat 9. One end of this tubular covering is tapered andclo'sed to receive thetapered or coneshaped end 10 of the body 2. Thisconstruction permits the latter to set farther into the covering 3, sothat the wool upon its opposite end will project and cover the same.This end of the casing is open to permit of the insertion and removal ofthe body 2, and it is slightly contractedby means of an elastic band orring 11, which is attached to it, as

shown. The brush-covering 3 is retained upon the head when the shorthandle is used by a washer 12, which is slipped upon the threaded end 8of said handle and engaged with a shoulder 13 upon the latter, whichshoulder forces it against the open end of the covering 3 to clamp saidcovering between it and the end of the body 2, as clearly shown in Fig.1 of the drawings. When the long handle is used, the brush-covering 3 isre-4 tained upon the body by means of the elastic ring 11 and theengagement of the shoulder 13 on the handle with the covering 3, adjacent to the opening in the latter, through which the threaded end 8 ofthe handle passes, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. By mak ing thebrush-covering 3 removable it may be quickly and easily removed topermit it to be washed or scrubbed in a tub, and then passed through awringing-machine to remove the water therefrom and cause it to dryquickly.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

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2 Y sieno@ said end on the corresponding end of the head, and the handlehaving theI screw- I5 threaded end to engage either of the sockets vinthe head, and the shoulder to bear against the cover.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of tWosubscribing Witzo nesses.

SAMUEL H. BRISTER.

Witnesses:

JOHN H; BACHER, PETER D BELL.

